Humor and warmth

In CNN’s story about a woman who hiccupped for 20 years, there are wide shots to set the scene and then a focus on the woman’s face. The video began with the close-up of the woman hiccupping, which is a nice beginning to the story. The sounds of her hiccups are sometimes used as the accompaniment to the narrator’s words. (Example: Narrator said: “It has been a constant ailment for the last 20 years”. Woman’s hiccup). I also like the way they included her singing, which is her usual short cue for hiccupping, in the video. There was also a scene of the woman and her little granddaughter holding hands, and a detailed shot of the two hands holding each other, the wrinkled hand of the grandmother and the young hand of the girl.
A "text-only" version might not be convincing as a video, when the viewers can see the real person and what problems she is having.

It is difficult to find fault with the video, other than the fact that sound cuts seem sometimes too tight.